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Equaldex is an online publication resource on LGBTQ rights.[1][2][3] Subsections of the website are a collaborative knowledge base.[4][5][6]
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Equaldex publishes a ranking of LGBT rights by country and territory.[7] As of September 2022, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille.[8]
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In 2023, the LGBT Equality Index ranked the following countries: LGBT-friendly, best and worst for LGBT rights:[9]
# | Country | Equality Index (Out of 100) |
Legal Index (Out of 100) |
Public Opinion Index (Out of 100) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iceland | 92 | 98 | 87 |
2 | Denmark | 87 | 96 | 79 |
3 | Norway | 86 | 88 | 84 |
4 | Malta | 85 | 100 | 71 |
5 | Canada | 83 | 100 | 67 |
6 | Uruguay | 83 | 93 | 73 |
7 | Netherlands | 83 | 95 | 70 |
8 | Andorra | 82 | 89 | 74 |
9 | Spain | 80 | 93 | 68 |
10 | Chile | 80 | 100 | 60 |
11 | Germany | 80 | 95 | 65 |
12 | Brazil | 79 | 98 | 61 |
13 | Luxembourg | 79 | 85 | 72 |
14 | Australia | 78 | 92 | 65 |
15 | Finland | 78 | 88 | 68 |
16 | Cuba | 78 | 84 | 73 |
17 | Sweden | 77 | 85 | 70 |
18 | New Zealand | 77 | 91 | 64 |
19 | Belgium | 77 | 91 | 63 |
20 | France | 77 | 93 | 61 |
21 | Colombia | 75 | 98 | 53 |
22 | Argentina | 75 | 89 | 61 |
23 | United States | 75 | 88 | 62 |
24 | Mexico | 75 | 92 | 57 |
25 | Austria | 74 | 87 | 62 |
26 | United Kingdom | 74 | 87 | 62 |
27 | Portugal | 74 | 89 | 60 |
28 | Ireland | 73 | 85 | 61 |
29 | Nepal | 72 | 87 | 58 |
30 | Costa Rica | 71 | 86 | 57 |
31 | South Africa | 69 | 81 | 58 |
32 | Switzerland | 68 | 76 | 61 |
33 | San Marino | 68 | 65 | 71 |
34 | Slovenia | 68 | 86 | 50 |
35 | Fiji | 68 | 68 | N/A |
36 | Croatia | 67 | 82 | 53 |
37 | Marshall Islands | 67 | 67 | N/A |
38 | Liechtenstein | 66 | 63 | 69 |
39 | India | 65 | 77 | 54 |
40 | Cape Verde | 65 | 52 | 77 |
41 | Italy | 64 | 68 | 60 |
42 | Barbados | 63 | 59 | 67 |
43 | Ecuador | 63 | 87 | 39 |
44 | Czech Republic | 63 | 64 | 62 |
45 | Suriname | 63 | 63 | N/A |
46 | Israel | 62 | 79 | 44 |
47 | Thailand | 61 | 62 | 61 |
48 | Taiwan | 61 | 75 | 48 |
49 | Peru | 61 | 75 | 47 |
50 | Greece | 61 | 79 | 42 |
51 | Estonia | 60 | 80 | 41 |
52 | Bolivia | 60 | 83 | 37 |
53 | Mauritius | 58 | 67 | 49 |
54 | Guinea-Bissau | 57 | 57 | N/A |
55 | Belize | 57 | 46 | 68 |
56 | Angola | 57 | 62 | 51 |
57 | Philippines | 57 | 56 | 57 |
58 | Cambodia | 56 | 70 | 42 |
59 | Cyprus | 56 | 76 | 35 |
60 | Singapore | 55 | 60 | 51 |
61 | Japan | 55 | 54 | 57 |
62 | Poland | 55 | 65 | 45 |
63 | Federated States of Micronesia | 54 | 54 | N/A |
64 | Hungary | 54 | 65 | 43 |
65 | Botswana | 53 | 70 | 36 |
66 | Mozambique | 53 | 62 | 44 |
67 | Seychelles | 52 | 52 | N/A |
68 | Monaco | 52 | 53 | 51 |
69 | Venezuela | 52 | 56 | 47 |
70 | Latvia | 51 | 65 | 37 |
71 | Honduras | 51 | 64 | 37 |
72 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 50 | 58 | 43 |
73 | Nauru | 50 | 50 | N/A |
74 | Bhutan | 49 | 59 | 40 |
75 | Laos | 49 | 51 | 47 |
76 | Vietnam | 49 | 55 | 42 |
77 | Vanuatu | 48 | 62 | 34 |
78 | Equatorial Guinea | 47 | 47 | N/A |
79 | Romania | 47 | 57 | 36 |
80 | Montenegro | 46 | 75 | 16 |
81 | Slovakia | 45 | 53 | 36 |
82 | Lithuania | 45 | 63 | 26 |
83 | El Salvador | 44 | 48 | 40 |
84 | Ukraine | 44 | 61 | 28 |
85 | Lesotho | 44 | 59 | 29 |
86 | Kiribati | 44 | 44 | N/A |
87 | Nicaragua | 44 | 49 | 39 |
88 | Mongolia | 44 | 65 | 23 |
89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43 | 70 | 17 |
90 | Bulgaria | 43 | 61 | 24 |
91 | Kosovo | 42 | 64 | 21 |
92 | Serbia | 42 | 64 | 21 |
93 | Panama | 42 | 44 | 40 |
94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42 | 67 | 17 |
95 | Dominican Republic | 41 | 48 | 34 |
96 | China | 41 | 46 | 35 |
97 | South Korea | 41 | 41 | 40 |
98 | Bahrain | 40 | 38 | 42 |
99 | Guatemala | 40 | 46 | 34 |
100 | Namibia | 39 | 43 | 35 |
101 | Georgia | 38 | 65 | 12 |
102 | Kazakhstan | 38 | 64 | 13 |
103 | Turkey | 38 | 43 | 33 |
104 | Samoa | 38 | 38 | N/A |
105 | Djibouti | 38 | 38 | N/A |
106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38 | 48 | 27 |
107 | Republic of the Congo | 38 | 56 | 19 |
108 | Benin | 37 | 56 | 19 |
109 | Albania | 37 | 62 | 12 |
110 | Tajikistan | 37 | 37 | N/A |
111 | Tuvalu | 37 | 37 | N/A |
112 | Paraguay | 36 | 40 | 33 |
113 | Moldova | 36 | 64 | 8 |
114 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36 | 57 | 15 |
115 | Pakistan | 35 | 40 | 31 |
116 | North Macedonia | 35 | 57 | 13 |
117 | Palau | 35 | 54 | 16 |
118 | Sri Lanka | 35 | 27 | 42 |
119 | Madagascar | 35 | 47 | 22 |
120 | Mali | 34 | 57 | 12 |
121 | Haiti | 34 | 58 | 11 |
122 | Burkina Faso | 34 | 62 | 7 |
123 | Timor-Leste | 33 | 53 | 14 |
124 | Gabon | 32 | 51 | 14 |
125 | Vatican City | 32 | 32 | N/A |
126 | Papua New Guinea | 32 | 32 | N/A |
127 | Bahamas | 32 | 52 | 11 |
128 | Tonga | 31 | 31 | N/A |
129 | Central African Republic | 31 | 31 | N/A |
130 | Russia | 31 | 42 | 20 |
131 | Lebanon | 30 | 40 | 20 |
132 | Grenada | 30 | 41 | 18 |
133 | Belarus | 29 | 43 | 16 |
134 | Ivory Coast | 29 | 44 | 14 |
135 | Rwanda | 29 | 50 | 8 |
136 | Armenia | 27 | 49 | 6 |
137 | Niger | 27 | 41 | 12 |
138 | Azerbaijan | 27 | 48 | 5 |
139 | Kyrgyzstan | 26 | 41 | 12 |
140 | Eswatini | 26 | 29 | 22 |
141 | Jamaica | 26 | 31 | 20 |
142 | Jordan | 24 | 43 | 5 |
143 | Guyana | 24 | 25 | 23 |
144 | Liberia | 23 | 35 | 12 |
145 | Saint Lucia | 23 | 29 | 17 |
146 | Myanmar | 22 | 21 | 24 |
147 | Dominica | 22 | 29 | 14 |
148 | Bangladesh | 22 | 16 | 27 |
149 | Zimbabwe | 21 | 34 | 8 |
150 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21 | 32 | 10 |
151 | Indonesia | 21 | 28 | 13 |
152 | Solomon Islands | 20 | 20 | N/A |
153 | Sierra Leone | 20 | 33 | 7 |
154 | Syria | 19 | 11 | 27 |
155 | South Sudan | 19 | 19 | N/A |
156 | Burundi | 18 | 27 | 10 |
157 | Chad | 18 | 24 | 12 |
158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18 | 29 | 8 |
159 | Togo | 18 | 22 | 14 |
160 | Kenya | 17 | 18 | 17 |
161 | Iraq | 17 | 12 | 22 |
162 | Guinea | 17 | 21 | 13 |
163 | Comoros | 17 | 18 | 16 |
164 | Maldives | 16 | 24 | 8 |
165 | Ghana | 16 | 24 | 8 |
166 | Algeria | 15 | 5 | 25 |
167 | Zambia | 15 | 23 | 6 |
168 | Tunisia | 15 | 13 | 17 |
169 | Malawi | 15 | 25 | 4 |
170 | Kuwait | 15 | 15 | N/A |
171 | United Arab Emirates | 15 | 0 | 29 |
172 | Malaysia | 14 | 8 | 20 |
173 | Saudi Arabia | 14 | 3 | 25 |
174 | North Korea | 14 | 14 | N/A |
175 | Uganda | 13 | 2 | 24 |
176 | Sudan | 13 | 8 | 18 |
177 | Senegal | 13 | 22 | 4 |
178 | Egypt | 13 | 9 | 16 |
179 | Uzbekistan | 12 | 7 | 18 |
180 | Turkmenistan | 12 | 12 | N/A |
181 | Tanzania | 12 | 7 | 17 |
182 | Morocco | 11 | 6 | 16 |
183 | Libya | 11 | 3 | 19 |
184 | Ethiopia | 10 | 6 | 14 |
185 | Cameroon | 10 | 8 | 11 |
186 | Eritrea | 9 | 9 | N/A |
187 | Gambia | 9 | 15 | 4 |
188 | Yemen | 8 | 0 | 17 |
189 | Mauritania | 8 | 0 | 16 |
190 | Palestinian regions | 7 | 9 | 6 |
191 | Qatar | 7 | 6 | 9 |
192 | Nigeria | 7 | 7 | 7 |
193 | Somalia | 7 | 7 | N/A |
194 | Oman | 6 | 6 | N/A |
195 | Iran | 4 | 5 | 3 |
196 | Brunei | 3 | 3 | N/A |
197 | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 2 |
This is the list of best (and worst) countries for LGBT rights according to the Equaldex score.
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